Irina Tal

Dr. Irina Tal is an Assistant Professor, School of Computing, Dublin City University (DCU), Academic Lead MSc in Blockchain – Distributed Ledger Technologies (partly funded by Technology Ireland ICT Skillnet) and a LERO (lero.ie) Funded Investigator. Her teaching is mainly focused in the Cyber Security area. Prior to joining DCU as an Assistant Professor, Irina was a Lecturer with National College of Ireland and Program Director MSc Cybersecurity (part-time program) and BSc in Computing and Business Information Systems (3rd and 4th years). Irina was also a Postdoctoral Researcher at DCU working on a H2020 EU project in the area of technology enhanced learning where she was involved in the development of STEM learning content using novel technologies and methods and the delivery of this content in primary and secondary schools in Ireland . Her research interests include cyber security, usable and accessible privacy and security, blockchain, smart cities, vehicular networks, and technology enhanced learning.